For John, BLUF: It appears the Speaker of the House held off on extending relief benefits so as to not benefit President Trump, but is now willing to cut a short term deal, to look good. Nothing to see here; just move along.
Here is the sub-headline:
‘I don’t want Republicans to think it’s a dream come true,’ speaker said of a smaller coronavirus bill. ‘It’s not’
From The Independent (UK), by Bureau Chief John T. Bennett, 4 December 2020.
Here is the lede plus three:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended dropping her insistence on a $2trn coronavirus relief package, jousting with reporters about this week endorsing a bipartisan proposal that is half that size.The Speaker of the House is a cynical politician. In the mean time regular folks suffer. Legislatures keep their jobs and income, but workers in many places lose their job to lockdons, with no aid coming to them.“Perhaps you missed what I said earlier: Joe Biden pledged to crush the virus,” she snapped at a reporter, saying unlike Donald Trump, the president-elect wants to pass an even larger economic stimulus package after he takes office next month.
In her telling, embracing a $900m package introduced this week by a group of Democrats and Republicans is a reflection of new realities – and incoming Democratic chief executive and coming coronavirus vaccines.
“Don’t characterize what we did … as a mistake,” Ms Pelosi said of her months-long holding out for the kind of $2trn measure her chamber passed earlier this year but was blocked by the White House and Senate Republicans. “It was a decision, and it’s taken us to a place we can do the right thing. … I’m very proud of where we are.”
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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